diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 72e7615a..29302ebe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
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 =============================================================
-Fail2Ban (version 0.7.7)                           2007/02/08
+Fail2Ban (version 0.7.8)                           2007/03/21
 =============================================================
 
-ver. 0.?.? (2007/??/??) - ???
+ver. 0.7.8 (2007/03/21) - release candidate
 ----------
 - Fixed asctime pattern in datedetector.py
 - Added new filters/actions. Thanks to Yaroslav Halchenko
diff --git a/README b/README
index 0c798e89..d73b72d9 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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 =============================================================
-Fail2Ban (version 0.7.7)                           2007/02/08
+Fail2Ban (version 0.7.8)                           2007/03/21
 =============================================================
 
 Fail2Ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail and bans IP
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Optional:
 
 To install, just do:
 
-> tar xvfj fail2ban-0.7.7.tar.bz2
-> cd fail2ban-0.7.7
+> tar xvfj fail2ban-0.7.8.tar.bz2
+> cd fail2ban-0.7.8
 > python setup.py install
 
 This will install Fail2Ban into /usr/share/fail2ban. The
diff --git a/common/version.py b/common/version.py
index 22f09605..e5f3d7c3 100644
--- a/common/version.py
+++ b/common/version.py
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ __date__ = "$Date$"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
-version = "0.7.7-SVN"
+version = "0.7.8"